[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 5019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2429]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service


Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to 
Continental Grain Company of Chicago, Illinois, an exclusive license to 
U.S. Patent No. 5,807,546 issued on September 15, 1998, entitled 
``Livestock Mucosal Competitive Exclusion Culture to Reduce 
Enteropathogenic Bacteria.'' Notice of Availability was published in 
the Federal Register on August 7, 1997.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 5, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 
Room 415, Building 005, BARC-West, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June Blalock of the Office of 
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone: 
301-504-5989.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's patent rights to 
this invention are assigned to the United States of America, as 
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public 
interest to so license this invention as Continental Grain Company 
submitted a complete and sufficient application for a license. The 
prospective exclusive license will be royalty-bearing and will comply 
with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The 
prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within sixty (60) 
days from the date of this published Notice, the Agricultural Research 
Service receives written evidence and argument which establishes that 
the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements 
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Richard M. Parry, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-2429 Filed 2-1-99; 8:45 am]
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